Abstract: Correspondence, speeches, reports, memoranda, serial issues, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to communism and
other political issues in the United States, subversive activities in the United States, and investigative activities of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and private organizations, collected by agent Lee Roberts Pennington, who specialized
in investigating radical left wing activists when employed by the FBI.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Creator:
Pennington, Lee Roberts, 1895?-1974.

Access

Collection is open for research.

The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Biographical/Historical Note

1894

Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia

1915

Received Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland

1917-1918

Served as Lieutenant in the 60th Infantry in World War I

1920

Married Catherine Carter

1928

Began working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

1944

Served as department commander of the District of Columbia America Legion

1952-1954

Served as National Executive Commiteeman of the American Legion

1953

Retired from FBI

1955

Became full time Director of the American Legion's Americanism Commission's counter-subversive activities in Washington, DC

1972

The Watergate scandal; Pennington under suspicion for destroying documents due to connection with James W. McCord

1974

Died in Bethesda, Maryland

1953-1974

Believed to be employed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), paid by check that could not be traced to the CIA

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains correspondence, speeches, reports, memoranda, serial issues, clippings, pamphlets, and other printed
matter relating to communism in the United States, subversive activities in the United States, the issues surrounding Watergate,
the Vietnam War, and the Middle East, and investigative activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and private
organizations.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into 5 series: Biographical File; General Correspondence; Printed Matter; Speeches and Writings;
and Subject File.